251 Arrow Publications
Published in 2007
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The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) has a young population structure, with 54% of its 5.6 million population below 20 years of age, and 23.7% being 10-24 years of age. This makes issues related to adolescents and young people, including their sexual and reproductive health (SRH), of extreme significance. Several factors affect the attainment of […]
Published in 2007
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Continue reading arrow for change – why affirm sexuality? (vietnamese) at Arrow.
Published in 2007
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แนวทางการดําเนินงานดานเพศวิถี (sexuality) มีอยูหลากหลายดวยกัน แตที่ นิยมใชมากที่สุดนั้นเปนแนวทางที่อยูบน ฐานของมุมมองดาน ‘สุขภาพ’ และ ‘การ ปองกันความรุนแรง’ อันเปนจุดเริ่มตนที่มี ประโยชนอยางยิ่งในการปฏิบัติงานดาน เพศวิถี ซึ่งเปนเรื่องที่ถกเถียงขัดแยงใน สังคมอนุรักษนิยมหลายแหง ทวาวิธีคิดและ มุมมองทั้งสองนั้นมเีปาหมายที่เฉพาะเจาะจง (เพื่อสรางเสริมสุขภาพหรือเพื่อปองกันความ รุนแรง) จึงมีขอจํากัดและไมสามารถนํามาใช กับประเด็นที่เกี่ยวของกับเพศวิถีไดทั้งหมด ดังนั้นเราจึงตองการวิธีคิด ที่เนนและสนับสนุน (affirm) เพศวิถีในเชิงบวกและรอบดาน Continue reading arrow for change – why affirm sexuality? (thai) at Arrow.
Published in 2006
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Labaw sa usa ka bilyon ka kabatanonan nga nag-edad 10-24 ang nagpuyo sa Asya-Pasipiko. Apan nihit, wala maglarawan ug dili hingpit ang mga kasayuran mahitungod sa mga panghitabo sa aborsyon o ang pagpakuha sa bata sa sabakan ilabi na ang kabahin sa kababayen-an nga dili minyo. Ginamit ang mga nasudnon/tipik sa nasudnong mga kasayuran, gibana-bana […]
Published in 2006
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The Asia-Pacific is home to over a billion people between the ages of 10-24 but data on the incidence of induced abortion among this group are sparse, unrepresentative and incomplete, especially with respect to unmarried women. Continue reading arrow for change – the reality of unsafe abortion among adolescent and young women at Arrow.
Published in 2006
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Tahanan ang Asia-Pacific ng higit isang bilyong tao na edad 10–24, pero ang datos sa grupong ito sa sinad yang aborsyon ay madalang, di-kumakatawan sa lahat at dikumpleto, lalo na sa mga dalaga. Sa Asia, mula sa kabataan ang 1–15% ng lahat ng aborsyon. Ito ang tantya gamit ang mga datos ng buo o bahagi […]
Published in 2005
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In 2009, the women’s movement will mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD); yet, in all these years, the multifarious forms of gender-based violence across the globe have […]
Published in 2005
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Gender-based violence was a part of the everyday reality of many of the women from Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC), Chengalpattu, in Tamil Nadu, South India. While we encountered many forms of gender-based violence, including sexual assault and violence on young women who transgressed accepted norms of sexual conduct, spousal violence was by far […]
Published in 2004
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Advocacy for family planning education and services in Malaysia began with the pioneering work of concerned individuals and medical practitioners in the early 1950s. The first Family Planning Association (FPA) was registered in 1953 in the state of Selangor and in 1958, four state FPAs formed the Federation of Family Planning Associations, Malaysia (FFPAM). Today […]
Published in 2004
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Indonesia’s reproductive health status has been greatly affected by the social, economic and political circumstances in the country since 1999. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) cited the economic crisis as the main cause for the failure of numerous sexual and reproductive health programmes. Another oft-referred-to challenge was the frequent changes in governmental leadership (three presidents […]